Crochet needle



June 18, 1946. 'F. FRANZ CROCHET NEEDLE Filed Aug. 15, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 AWE/V704 I FREDERICK FRANZ r ArraPA EY? Patented June 18, 1946 ship C. -J. Bates & Son, Chester, Conn'., a-partner- Application August 15,1944, Serial No. 549,527

4 Claims. (01. 66-1118) The present invention relates to improvements in crochet needles, and one of the main objects but showing the step of tion ofth'e strand through another looped-porof the present invention is to provide a crochet I needle which will be convenient and reliable in use.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a superior crochet needle which, when of a given size, will produce substantially identical results from user to user despite wide variations in the respective techinques of th user's.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a simple, reliable and effective crochet needle which will facilitate the operation of the pulling-through of one loop of a strand through another loop thereof. 7

Still another object of'the present inventionis to provide a superior crochet needle which will permit the pulling of onev loop of a strand through another loop thereof without unduly distending or stretching the last-mentioned loop.

A still further object of the presentinvention is to provide a superior crochet needle which will produce uniform results in the crocheted material. 4

With the above and'other objects in view, as

will appear to those skilled in the artfrorn the present disclosure, this invention includes all features in the said disclosure which are novel over 7 the prior art and which are not claimed in any separate application.

In the accompanying drawings, in which oer-f tain modes of carrying out the present invention are shown for illustrative purposes:

Fig. 1 is a broken view in side elevation of one 7 form of crochet needle embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a broken face view of the upper-portion of .the crochet needle;

Fig. 3 is a view of the upper-portion of the well as theconnecting-reach are bisected by a common plane (such the plane along the line 5 5-5 of='Fi'g. '1); which is oblique with respect to crochet needle looking in the direction of the arrow 3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a broken view of the uppebportion;

direction of Fig. 7 is a top or plan view of the crochet needle and showing a strand wrapped. therearound preparatory to drawing one looped-portion therea of through another looped-portion thereof;

Fig. 8 is a broken view in side elevation of the showing of Fig. 7;

.Fig. 9 is a top or plan view similar to Fig. 2'

tion thereof; and

V Fig, 10 is abroken' view in side elevation of the showing of Fig. 9.

of any suitable material such as metal, wood, bone, synthetic resins, etc.,- and includes a rodlike body I fl'having a conoidally-shaped outer end andprovided' with an obliquely-disposed head -|-l.- Below its head II, the bodylllis 'formed-withan inclined strand-accommodating groove l 2--which -"f is of substantially-.Ushaped longitudinal torm, fas well as o f substantially-Ur-shaped form in cross section, as is especially well shown rqspec' tivelyin Figs. 5 and 4. 1

{Thestrand-accommodating groove l2 aboveaff" referred to extends,longitudinallynin adire'ction-i which s oblique with respect-:to'the lon itudinal axis of the hodyv l0 and has its upper wallpro vided by the under face .o,-,the head*l"l, which g5 latter has ,a=.central-nose-"or'hook-portion13.

groove I2 results in the production of what may be aptly termed a neck-portion" I 4 which integrallyconnectsthe main, -portionv of the body It withtheh'eadJl. j c

The U-shaped longitudinal-form otthe strand accommodating groove 42. comprises a curved connecting-reachcatthe fronto'f the neck-portion I! and--two complemental"side-reaches respectivelyzextending on "opposite sides of the said neck-portion. 'Both-offthe said side-reaches, as well as the'c'onnecting -reach, have corresponding U-shaped crosssectional' form and-are overhung bythe'under face of the head H".

it will benoted that both of the said side-reaches,

The 'jormatlon of the strand-accommodating the longitudinal axis of the needle.

The portion of'the'body Ill lyingimlnediately I below the central part of the hook-portion I3 is sloped to produce af'throa't-portion l5 which is preferably slightlyconvex in cross section, as is especially well shown in Fig. 6 and affords a strand, such as l6, ready access'tothe groove I2. I In Figs. 7 to 10 inclusive the crochet needle I above described, is shown in conjunction with the strand l6 oftextile material which, in the in-' stance shown, is exaggerated in diameter for purposes of clarity, as is also the depth or the Furthermore,

3 strand-accommodating groove l2. for the same purposes.

In Figs. 7 and 8 the strand 5 has a portion l1 (an incipient loop) which is shown as extending across the throat-portion I5, beneath the hookportion I3 and in a portion of the strand-accommodating groove 12. The part of the strand I6 below the portion l1 just referred to, extends around the body I0. in the form of a loop I8 in, a manner common in crocheting practice, as, one phase of the crocheting operation.

By drawing downwardly upon the bodyl0 whilst holding the loop-portion 18 from also descending, the portion I 1 and the loop 18, of the strand I6 will be brought into'the relative positions in which they are indicated in Figs 9; and 10. In the figures just referred to it will be noted that the portion ll of the strand I6 has enveloped the neck-portion H by its entry into the oblique strand-accommodating groove l2, and has thereby had its outer boundary brought withinthe boundaries defined by the diameter of the body l0 throughout substantially the entire length of the said portion H. The continued downward movement of the crochet needle with respect to the loop l8, will draw the now-looped portion ll through the said 100p IS, without requiring appreciable stretching or distention of the latter.

Thus, the substantially complete accommodation of one looped-portion of a strand within the strand-accommodatinggroove I! or its equivalentyfacilitates the dr awin'gof such a loopedportion'through anoth'errlooped-portion of thestrand.- Inthis manner; the operation just referred to is so simplified as to enable a user to produce uniform results withoutundue effort and with great rapidity;

The invention may be carriedout in other speciflc ways than those herein set forth without departing'from the spirit and essential characteristics of the invention, and the present embodiments are, therefore, to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive. and all changes coming within the meaning and equivalency range of the appended claims are intended to be embraced therein.

I claim:

1. A crochet needle having a body provided at one end with an obliquely-disposed head connectedto the body proper by a relatively-slender neckg'thexneedle. being formed inwardly of the said head with a strand-accommodatin groove of substantially-U-shaped longitudinal form and extending longitudinally in a direction oblique with respect to the longitudinal axis of the body, the longitudinal. U-shaped form of the said strand-accommodating groove comprising a curved connecting-reach at the central throatportion of the said neck and. two side-reaches on the respective opposite sides of the said neck, each of the said reaches also being of substantially-U-shaped form in cross section with the inner wall of each of said reaches havin a crosssectional form substantially corresponding to the cross-sectional form of the inner wall of the others'of said reaches and being, bisected by a common plane which: is oblique with respect to the longitudinal axis of the needle; the under face of the said obliquely-disposed head overhanging all three of the said reaches of the strand-accommodating groove and providing the upper wall thereof.

2. A crochet needle havinga body Provided at one en with an obliquely-disposed head concurved connecting-reach at the central throatportion of the said neck and two side-reaches on the respective opposite sides of the said neck, each of the said reaches also being ofsubstantially- U-shaped form in cross section with the inner wall of each of said reaches having a crosssectional form substantially corresponding to the cross-sectional form of the inner wall of the others of said reaches and being bisected by a. common plane which is oblique with respect to the longitudinal axis of the needle; the longitudinal form of the inner surface of the connecting-reach of the said strand-accommodating groove being substantially semicircular; the un-.

der face of the said obliquely-disposed head overhanging all three of the said reaches of the strand-accommodating groove and providing the upper wall thereof.

3. A crochet needle including a substantiallycylindrical body having a conoidal end formed with an obliquely-disposed head connected to the cylindrical body proper by a relatively-slender neck, the needle being formed inwardly of the a said head with a strand-accommodating groove of substantially-U-shaped longitudinal form and extending in a direction oblique with respect to the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical body, the longitudinal U-shaped form of the said strandaccommodating groove including a curved connecting-reach located at the central throat-portion of the said neck and inclined upwardly from a point substantially at the junction of the body proper and its said'conoidal end, the said strandaccommodating groove also including two sidereaches located on the respective opposite sides of the said neck, each of the three said reaches being also of substantially-U-shaped form in cross section with the inner wall of each of said reaches having a crosssectional form substantially corresponding to vthe cross-sectional form of the inner wall of the others of said reaches and being bisected by a common plane which is oblique with respect to the longitudinal axis of the needle; the under face of the said obliquelydisposed head overhanging all three of the said reaches of the strand-accommodating groove and providing the upper wall thereof.

'4. A crochet needle including a substantially- ,cylindrical body having a conoidal end formed with an obliquely-disposed head connected to the cylindrical body proper by a relatively-slender neck, the needle being formed inwardly of the said head with a strand-accommodating groove of substantially-U-shaped longitudinal form and extending in a direction oblique with respect to the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical body, the longitudinal U-shaped form of the said strandaccommodating groove including a curved connecting-reach located at the central throat-portion of the said neck and inclined upwardly from a point substantially at the junction of the body proper and its said conoidal end, the said strandaccommodating' groove also including two sidereaches located on the respective opposite sides of the said neck, each of the three said reaches being also of substantially-U-shaped form in cross section with the inner wall of each of said reaches having across-sectional form substantially corresponding to the cross-sectional form of the inner wall of the others of said reaches and being 'bisected by a. common plane which is oblique with respect to the longitudinal axis of the needle;

the longitudinal form of the inner surface of the connecting-reach of the said strand-accommoviding the upper wall thereof.

dating groove being substantially semicircular; 1 the under face of the said obliquely-disposed,

head overhanging all three of the said reaches of the strand-accommodating groove and pro- FREDERICK FRANZ. 

